African nation vows to block decision it rejects as unjustified and illegal

Lusaka ups ante in dispute over shuttered copper mine

Prime minister escalates dispute over Canada-listed group’s licence

In the resort where winter tourism began, warm weather forced the cancellation of the White Turf horse race

A fascinatingly detailed history one of the world’s great scholarly projects

With an hour of season to go, three of the nine teams were all in with a chance of winning

National identity matters less in an age of globalised sport

President acts as though Latin America’s second-largest economy is immune to pandemic

Oil price collapse and crumbling health system put Latin American nation at risk

The need for an effective fight against coronavirus trumps other considerations

Maduro regime rejects latest Washington plan despite fears of humanitarian catastrophe from Covid-19

All attempts to remove President Nicolás Maduro from power have failed

Dismissal of Luiz Henrique Mandetta follows feud over how to tackle coronavirus

Officials’ barbs come at a precarious time for Latin American country

Work dries up under lockdown but returning home could be more perilous than staying put

Tensions escalate between president and the speaker of Congress’s lower house over response to coronavirus 

Sérgio Moro was the face of nation’s long-running ‘Car Wash’ anti-corruption probe

Justice minister’s departure raises risk of yet another impeachment in Latin America’s largest democracy

Finance minister Paulo Guedes has had his liberal economic agenda sidelined by emergency measures

Former justice minister had accused president of political interference in police work

Tareck El-Aissami has little experience — and a $10m US bounty on his head

Maduro’s economic rescue plan offers little hope to people struggling to get by 

About 85 per cent of voters think the country is heading in the wrong direction

After reaching intraday record, stocks retreat as new president faces economic challenge

Iron ore giant in second disaster in 3 years after mud and waste surges through valley

Creditor group says restrictions on trading could be forcing bonds into ‘rogue’ hands

Governors seize on criticisms of president over lack of coronavirus stimulus

Efforts to improve diversity and inclusion must not be sidelined as companies rebuild

The US president holds ownership interests in golf resorts in Scotland and Ireland

Economic hit of coronavirus risks exacerbating bloc’s divergence, ECB president warns

The murder of a local politician by right wing extremists has shocked Germany and set alarm bells ringing about the rise of neo-Nazi violence in the country. Ben Hall discusses the groups behind the upsurge in political violence and how dangerous they are with Guy Chazan in Berlin

Contrbutors: Katie Martin, capital markets editor, Ben Hall, Europe editor, and Guy Chazan, Berlin bureau chief. Producer: Fiona Symon

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Roula Khalaf talks to Alec Russell about her meeting with Hatice Cengiz, fiancee of the murdered Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who is now campaigning for his killers to be brought to justice. 

Contributors: Alec Russell, editor of FT Weekend, and Roula Khalaf, deputy editor.  Producer: Fiona Symon

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How does Generation Z date? Why are they more politically engaged than the generation before them and what is the digital psyche? Flora Macdonald Johnston asks John Burn-Murdoch, Rebecca Watson and Madison Darbyshire to explain what's driving the next generation.

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Contributors: Flora Macdonald Johnston, acting deputy fashion editor, John Burn-Murdoch, data visualisation journalist, Madison Darbyshire, multimedia journalist and Rebecca Watson, assistant arts editor. Producer: Persis Love

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Monday, March 16

The Federal Reserve cut interest rates to zero and joined forces with other central banks in a bid to prevent a severe economic downturn caused by the coronavirus outbreak. The FT’s Gillian Tett unpacks the sweeping measures. Plus, the rapid spread of the coronavirus and the ensuing travel restrictions have led to one of the worst months on record for the airport industry, and French industrials group Air Liquide is asking would-be buyers of its hand sanitiser unit to offer a higher sum in the wake of the outbreak. 

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Even before Covid-19 struck, the country’s debt trajectory was out of control

Regime claims 8 people died in plot connected to foiled coup attempt launched from Colombia

Confidence levels plunge as growing political crisis compounds economic damage from coronavirus

Finance minister tells FT that government has rejected counter-offer from BlackRock-led group of creditors

Donald Trump denies Washington played role in alleged attempt to assassinate Maduro

Venezuela’s president airs video of former US soldier accused of taking part in thwarted plot

Partnership that would prioritise UK could produce 100m doses by year-end if treatment is effective

Research paper published in journal Nature identifies number of alternative treatments

Suffolk residents cry foul as French group seeks to continue process despite lockdown  

Customers and investors may appear immune to staff complaints but regulators have not lost interest

Virtual home viewings are a world away from actual buying, especially with unemployment rising

Rial to be changed to the toman after five decades of inflation

In a polarised time, the broadcaster has won listeners by embracing confrontation

Váradi echoes Ryanair’s O’Leary in upbeat outlook as low-cost airline restarts flights from Luton on Friday

The four years since his promotion to CEO have been beset by crises

There is a grim irony in the wealthy seeking bailouts due to bad bets on working people